The final draw for footballWorld Cup 2018 will be held in Moscow, Russia on Friday, 1 December 2017 at 18:00 MSK local time at the concert hall at the State Kremlin Palace which has a capacity of 6000.

All four pots for the 2018 final draw are based on FIFA World Rankings of October 2017. Pot 1 contains Russia as the hosting country and the best seven teams, Pot 2 contains the next best eight teams, and so on for Pot 3 and Pot 4.